Table 1.

The main biological and chemical hazards to public health to be addressed in meat inspection

Species	Biological hazards	Chemical hazards
Swine	Salmonella, Yersinia enterocolitica, Toxoplasma gondii and Trichinella	Dioxins, dioxin‐like polychlorinated biphenyls and the antibiotic chloramphenicol
Cattle	Verotoxin‐producing Escherichia coli (VTEC), Salmonella	Dioxins, dioxin‐like polychlorinated biphenyls
Sheep and goats	VTEC, Toxoplasma	Dioxins, dioxin‐like polychlorinated biphenyls
Solipeds	Trichinella	Phenylbutazone*, chemical elements (cadmium)
Farmed game (deer)	Toxoplasma	None
Farmed game (wild boar)	Salmonella, Toxoplasma *	None
Farmed game (reindeer, ostriches, rabbits)	None*	None

^*For some biological hazards, available evidence was considered insufficient to rank related tasks.